Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-10
PASADENA.
N e DICAL lNH ALATlO N
Combined with Constitutional Remedies.

~ of the respiratory passages cousisis in
the employ m ent of Medical inhalation for
its direct effects on the diseased organs;
and, at the same time, adopting such hy.
gienic measures and administering such
medicines by the stomach as will most ef-
fectually purify the blood. give tone To
the nervous system. and bald up and
strengthen the general constitution. In
oiher words, we employ combined local
and general treatment
What is Nedicsal ,Inhalstion? Before
stating briefly what Medical Inha.stion
is. we propose, in es few words as possible,
to state clearly what 1t is not.
Medical Inhalation Is not curc-all. a
nostrum, or panacea. 1t is not specific
remedy for any disease. 1t is not quack
medicine, or advertised TO cure any or all
the ills that flesh is heir to, an intended to
fill the pockets of its proprietors 1t is no.
a talismsn, whose possession insures health
to its pnssessor without the Intervention OF
sense or judgment. Medical lnhalation Is
none of these things.
Medical Inhalation is simply aud solely a
method of IA king medicines by inhaliug or
breathing them into the lungs instead OF
swallowing them into the stomach. BY In.
halation, the proper medicines are applied
directly to the seat OF the disease, in the
nose, throat or lungs; aud it is clear to
every reasoning persou how peculiarly ap.
plicable Inhai alton is in the disorders OF
the organs named. Ii you have scalded or
burned the surface of the body, or wounded
any limb or enber, you 90 not swsilow
the remedy intended to heal the disor-
ganized tissue. On the contrary, you apply
II directly to the seat of the wound or In
jury Why. then. when suffering from ca
tarIh of the nasal pst sac es or throat, or at.
ficted wi h ulceIatio- of the lungs, should
you rely ON medicines taken into the
stomach?
Medical Inhalation not only applies the
proper healing remedies to the seat of the
disease, but it applies the remedy In the
fAp tu
as is we'll known, medicines act most power.
fully. How much greater. for example. is
the effect of drachm of chlOrOform, when
inhaled or breathed, than many times the
qua tity when swallowed into the stomach;
i he same is true of chlorine, of iodine. and
of many other substances By inhalation
the medicine is not poured into the stomach
and thence sent wandering through tne
system in search of malady which may be
mainly or entirely a local one; but by this
rectly to the diseased organ. VINO, alter
studying the anotomy of the lungs. can
doubt that Inflammation and liberation OF
the airtubes and aircells. the direct applf'
cation of the kealing medicine by iDhala
ton to the disc, sed parts, Is the correct and
rational method of treatment? Who. on
the other hand. can be SO irrational as to
believe that the proper and direct way to
reach the diseased surfaces OF the air
passages in this case. is by the way of the
stomach? Physiology teaches us that the
membrape, or skin, lining the air passages
of the nose, throat and lungs, Is only a
slightly modified form OF the same structure
as thai which covers the external surface
of the body. Why, then, should local treat
ment he proper and necessary for infiam'
nations, concessions and ulceratiOns OF the
one and not be equally SO in the case OF the
other?
Our experience and success in treating
diseases Of the nose. throat and lungs. de-
mons strates, beyond all question, that the
true scientific treatment OF these diseases Is
| that treatment which combines the local
effects of medical inhalation with the con
| stitutionsl effects of systematic remedies.
given in the usual way by the stomach,
| One or both methods must be adopted as
| the circumstances demand, and such RENE
dies must be employed as the experience
| and judgment of the physician have proved
TO be proper in each particular case.
Medicai Advocates of lnha Ia tiOn.
PHYSICIANS who were educated twenty
wears ago or more, and who have not kept
| up with the times in the advance In medi-
| cal science, have very little idea OF the great
| importance all leading writer's now give TO
Medical Inhalation in the treatment OF pull
monary diseases. 10 such an extent ~ this
| true that no patient should intrust his case
| TO auy physician who is not well prepared
and thoroughly equipped with everything
necessary for the administering OF the
proper remedies by the method OF lnhala-
ton.
The numerous cures effected by inhala-
lation in cases seemingly past all help, and
the uniform success attending It's use In
diseases of the respiratory organs, renders
II obligatory on every honest physician to
at once apply himself to gain practical
knowledge OF the Inhalation. or, II that is
not possible, he is at least bound to decline
to treat such cases.
Among the most eminent PHYSICIANS OF
the age who are fully awakened to the value
of Medical Inhalation in these diseases are
the following:
DR.. La Roche, OF the Paris Academy of
Medicine: DIR. Frederick Langhsus, of Ber-
lin; Drs. Klebs and Tommas-Crudeli; Sir
Archibald Dickson, OF Edinburgh, Scotland; !;
DR.. Eichler, DR.. Cameron. DR.. Gurdon Buck.
Prot. Albert Lehert, the celebrated Dir.
ert Dickinson. Prof. Thierfelder. Spencer
Wells. Dr.. Hilton Flagge, DR.. G. p. Wood,
Drs. fritsch and Hitxig, DR. Fotbergill, DR..
Richard Thompson, DR.. X. 3 Carpenter,
Drs. Anstie. Ball, Fuller. Lancereaux,
Krauss. Huguenie, Heller, Orth, COrrigan,
Fenwick, and many others.
With scarcely a single exception every
medical authority of eminence recognizes
| the wonderful potency of this new method,
are certain to be thoroughly educated
therein. At present it is only few physi.
clans here aud there who have made "Dis-
eases OF Respiration" life study th,t are
ntteu IN any way 10 employ the Wonderfnl
resources Of Medical Inhalation in the cure
| of these diseases.
The Durability Of Consumption.
For five years the celebrated DR.. 1. II
Bennett waa pathologist to the R,yal In
frmary Of Edinburgh, aud In his great
work on Consumption" he makes the fol.
| lowing statement:
During this period I made upwards of
1000 post-mortem examinations of persons
dying from various diseases, and I was
constantly meeting with cases in which l.
found cavities in the lungs from consump.
tion, which had evidently healed up or
subject. Nature did not seem to have been
successful In restoring the wasted lung.
substance but the cavities were dried up.
the progress of the disease arrested, aud
the subject lived for years, with diminished
lung power 1t is true, but otherwise in good
health"